Just to clarify. There is a puzzle final in the vicinity of where “Organically Good” used to be. Obviously outside of the 528′ (as the crow flies) of “Organically Good” or it never would have published. As a general rule puzzle finals are supposed to be within about a 2 mile radius of their bogus locaion, but considering the area, that makes many puzzles a candidate for a conflict.

I have been archiving some of my caches in Greenville and some other owners have too. Feel free to plant a few there. I could use some new close to home finds! 😀

@Hardinfam wrote:

…Now we tried to place one of ours and it is clearly marked where it is private land so we placed it on the public side, but …

A “Private Property” sign does not necessarily demark public land from private.
If you missed the sign, what’s to keep any number of cachers from missing the sign also? You are inviting problems that should be avoided.

A “Private Property” sign does not necessarily demark public land from private.

Exactily why I suggested to give up on the cache. Thats all we need is more angry property owners. Squash one blade of grass and the world comes to an end. We sure dont need Geocaching to come in front of the Legislators.

@Hardinfam wrote:

I know a lot of people think my wife’s hides are on private land, but the ordinances state other wise. I was recently at cache didn’t notice the private property/no trespassing sign and got the cache behind it in a thicket. As we were leaving we noticed the sign. Now we tried to place one of ours and it is clearly marked where it is private land so we placed it on the public side, but we found out that it won’t be published because GC.com thinks it is on the private side. How can we prove that it is on public land.

On a side note, how do we prove that it is far enough away from another cache? (the now archived organically good was 725 ft away in a less “suspicious spot” but they only said it was 582 ft away.)

In answer to your question, most counties now have interactive GIS maps available that show who owns what parcel of land.

The GIS map for Outagamie County is here: http://outagamiecowi.wgxtreme.com/

I took a look at the map and the cache of yours mentioned in the other thread that was archived due to complaints of nearby residents.

From the map, it is pretty clear that the cache was on land owned by the Town of Kimberly, therefore the reviewers were correct to publish the cache, as best as I can tell.

Groundspeak is very sensitive to complaints from the public, and will generally archive anything that gets any type of complaint from the public, especially if law enforcement is involved. Note that just because “law enforcement is involved” in of itself means nothing. It does not mean any laws were broken. It just means someone complained to law enforcement, and the police are looking into.

The reality may very well be that the cache was placed appropriately on public land. But often, perception becomes reality, and if someone perceives it otherwise, Groundspeak takes the option of erring on the side of caution, and trying to offend anyone.

thanks for the question, and thanks for placing caches

zuma

@Team Northwoods wrote:

From past experiences hunting and fishing. Sometimes “no trespassing signs” are put in place by landowners to detour access to public land same as in some areas where public land signs are in place and then magically disappear.

Yeah, I have seen this a lot of times too, so you have to take No Tresspassing signs with a grain of salt.

Most counties have interactive GIS maps now. To find the one for your county, just google the name of your county and GIS.

z

Here is a great website that I use often at work for pulling building permits depending on the county involved, you can most of the time even get the landowers name and address. Some are road map based, some are satellite map based, but should help alleviate some of the “private land” questions

http://coastal.lic.wisc.edu/wisconsin-ims/wisconsin-ims.htm